A field study about gender and thermal comfort temperatures in office buildings

Maykot, Jéssica Kuntz; Rupp, Ricardo Forgiarini; Ghisi, Enedir

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.08.033

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“…Women generally express more dissatisfaction than men in the same thermal environments . Male staff members tend to prefer a slightly cooler environment and female staff members typically prefer a slightly warmer environment . As women's skin temperature increases, their level of thermal discomfort also increases .…”

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“…Individual and physiological variables can affect thermal comfort, including sex. 44 Hormones, ovulation, menopause, menstruation, and subcutaneous adipose tissue cause women to have different thermal responses to positive or negative heat loads than men. 45,46 Men's and women's preferences can differ even if perceived optimal thermal conditions are provided.…”

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“…46 Male staff members tend to prefer a slightly cooler environment and female staff members typically prefer a slightly warmer environment. 44,47 As women's skin temperature increases, their level of thermal discomfort also increases. 48 Other studies report that women's thermal comfort levels were lower than men's, 36,46,47,[49][50][51][52] and these results are similar to those in our study.…”

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Factors Affecting the Thermal Comfort of Perioperative Personnel in the OR

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Uğurlu³

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Thermal comfort is an important component of any work setting and can be difficult to achieve in the complex OR environment. This comparative descriptive study sought to identify factors affecting the thermal comfort of perioperative personnel in the OR (N = 68). Researchers used the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers Thermal Sensation Scale and researcher‐developed surveys to collect data. The mean reported thermal comfort level was −0.44 (standard deviation 1.3), which is within acceptable parameters. Factors affecting thermal comfort were gender, professional role, and wearing additional clothing. Additionally, participants who complained about temperature or ventilation were less likely to report thermal comfort levels in the normal range. Health care facility leaders should consider the comfort needs of perioperative personnel when making purchasing decisions about ventilation systems and surgical clothing; however, they also should consider other factors (eg, surgeon comfort, permeability of protective clothing to blood and other body fluids).

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Uğurlu³

et al. 2020

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“…The predicted mean vote (PMV) model is an internationally accepted model to describe the predicted average thermal perception of building occupants, which was created by P.O. Fanger (1934‐2006) based on laboratory research.…”

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“…Moreover, thermal environment is one of a myriad of potential sources of disruption to performance, health, comfort, and well being, 2 such as noise, lighting, air quality, vibrations, and inadequately set psychosocial factors. 3 The predicted mean vote (PMV) model is an internationally accepted model [4][5][6][7][8] to describe the predicted average thermal perception of building occupants, which was created by P.O. Fanger (1934Fanger ( -2006 9,10 based on laboratory research.…”

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Season influence on rapid thermal sensation assessment by young adults

Coelho

Silva

2019

Engineering Reports

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Thermal comfort is one of the most important ergonomic aspects of building occupancy. In this research, laboratory experiments are performed in a climatic chamber and described in detail. Experiments are carried out under two scenarios: with two different college students cohorts and with five different but comparable experimental conditions in each cohort. Three hundred twenty‐two individual assessments under specific controlled thermal environment conditions are collected. The actual thermal sensation assessments obtained in the experiments are compared to the results obtained by a predicted mean vote (PMV) model. The correlation analysis shows that statistically significant differences are meaningful between the spring‐summer and the autumn‐winter experiments but not between genders. This paper discusses the plausible factors contributing to the different correlations experienced in the autumn‐winter and spring‐summer experiments. A correction factor between PMV according to Fanger's comfort equation and the actual thermal sensation values reported by the participants is also sought with a focus on the seasonal effects. The predicted results are in good agreement with the experimental results. This allows for further considerations about the influence of the season on the initial thermal sensations experienced by young adults.

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Gender Matters! Thermal Comfort and Individual Perception of Indoor Environmental Quality: A Literature Review

Haselsteiner¹

2021

Future City

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The use of technology in construction has allowed a significant increase in comfort and the construction of energy-efficient buildings. However, for indoor environmental comfort, there is no universal standard that fits all. The indoor climate is perceived individually and the requirements are subjectively shaped. In this paper, a literature review is carried out to describe particular aspects relevant to gender. The aim is to raise awareness of these aspects in order to advance equality orientation as an integral part of planning and energy-efficient building concepts. The findings show that thermal comfort is an essential parameter, and up to 3 °C of differences between women and men were found. This difference is most evident in offices where women show a better cognitive performance in a warmer environment, while men do better in colder temperatures. Gender was also found to be an influencing factor of satisfaction with humidity, acoustic conditions, visual comfort, privacy, air quality, health aspects, light preferences, and brightness perception. Moreover, sick-building syndrome is more common among women. In conclusion, the literature confirms that essential indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters vary significantly across men and women and should be taken more into account in the practice of building technology.

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A field study about gender and thermal comfort temperatures in office buildings

Cited by 78 publications

References 20 publications

Factors Affecting the Thermal Comfort of Perioperative Personnel in the OR

Factors Affecting the Thermal Comfort of Perioperative Personnel in the OR

Season influence on rapid thermal sensation assessment by young adults

Gender Matters! Thermal Comfort and Individual Perception of Indoor Environmental Quality: A Literature Review

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